According to the Journal Square Café's home website, the locale is the largest Middle Eastern café in North America, focusing on Arab traditions. The restaurant has a full hookah bar, dance floor, belly dancers, live music and a menu with more than 15 entrees featuring traditional Arab cuisine. The specialty of the cafe is falafel and kebabs. Open until 3 am, the Journal Square Café also offers a full bar and a loaded drink menu. Additional features include billiards, darts and ping pong tables. Located in the heart of Jersey City, Journal Square Café is a local favorite.
Café Mogador is a Moroccan restaurant in New York City. The restaurant is less than five miles from the city limits of Jersey City. Opened in 1983, the Café Mogador has become a landmark in the East Village. The restaurant features menus for breakfast, lunch and brunch. Each of the menus includes traditional Moroccan fare, which has French and Middle Eastern influences. Bastilla, tagines, lamb and various rice such as basmati and couscous are featured. The bar has various domestic and imported beers and wines.
Alfanoose was founded in 1990 by a Syrian/Lebanese chef who desired to bring quality, Arab food to the New York City/Jersey City area. Traditional favorites such as lamb shawarma, shish kabobs, hummus and tawook are featured daily. Alfanoose offers vegetarian dishes as well. According to "New York Magazine" and "Gourmet Magazine,' every year since 2000, Alfanoose has been awarded the best falafel in New York. Alfanoose adheres to Middle Eastern halal tradition.
